Death Of The Static Page"I guess it boils down to this: at some point processor/RAM prices will have pushed the curve to a stage where it's actually faster to work dynamically than to cache to disk and serve statically. Have we arrived?"

Debian Distro Ubuntu is Shipping for FreeUbuntu has been shipping free cd's of its distro for some time now - actually, sets containing a live (Knoppix-like - just boot, no install) CD and a 'regular' CD, for Intel, Apple, and AMD64 architectures. They're in fact shipping *loads* of such cd's - for free - if you go to their shipping page, the default number to order is 10. Probably not a bad way to introduce acquaintances to Linux.

Declining eCPM - action checklist"I've noticed a slow but steady decline in the eCPM associated with my account over the past 12 months. Compared to January last year traffic is up four-fold but eCPM is down by about 50%. Perhaps we could develop a list of actions to take for anyone in the same boat, any suggestions gratefully received."

Defamatory Internet Posts:Jury awards $11.3M"A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who posted messages on the Internet accusing her of being a "crook," a "con artist" and a "fraud.""

Defining A Relevant Link With The View To Give Best Value"Let say you have a hotel booking site that specializes in hotels in the Toronto area. Assume that you are trying to rank for Toronto Hotels. Does that mean that you would be better off only exchanging links with hotel sites whose websites had 'Toronto Hotels' as their main keyword density?"

Delicious Bought By YouTube Founders Hurley and Chen"We're excited to work with this fantastic community and take Delicious to the next level," said Mr. Hurley, who is chief executive of AVOS, a new company that will own Delicious.[br][br]"We see a tremendous opportunity to simplify the way users save and share content they discover anywhere on the Web." [br][br]

Dell Targets Cybersquatters In Court"Personal computer giant Dell Inc. is pursuing a major "cybersquatting" lawsuit against several companies that buy and sell Web site addresses, alleging that the entities earned millions of dollars from Internet traffic intended for Dell and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies."

Dell Warns Customers About Vista Complications"After a brief period of selling only Vista, Dell was forced to bring back Windows XP, since there remained a lot of demand for the old system. Now Dell is going even farther, as it's warning business customers about the difficult challenges that lay ahead of them if they decide to adopt Vista." -TechDirt

Dell's Bid To Trademark "Cloud Computing" Fails"Dell cannot register "cloud computing" as a trademark because the term is a generic one describing services offered by many companies, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has said in an initial ruling."

Demand Media Files For IPO"While the domain name business is not going to garner a very high multiple (see Marchex which trades at about 2X revenue), the content business is on a tear, and Demand shares would surely be in demand in an IPO."

Design is Only Skin DeepReal world Webmasters continue to assert that the majority of what is taught in web design and web graphics classes is wrong. It is the low key, no graphic, easy to read, white space strong, low impact pages that are producing long term results in the real world.